Duchy of Brabant 2 Patards / Stivers "Double Briquet" - Charles the Bold, 1474 – 1476

Obverse Reverse

Information

Country Duchy of Brabant Duchy of Brabant
Currency Groot (1183 – 1506)
Coin type Standard circulation coin
Denomination 2 Patards
Year 1474 – 1476
Ruler Charles the Bold (1467–1477)
Composition Silver (.798)
Shape Round (irregular)
Alignment Coin alignment ↑↓
Technique Hammered
Weight (g) 3.06
Diameter (mm) 27
Thickness (mm) 0.5
Demonetized Yes

Description

2 Patards from Duchy of Brabant. Issued from 1474 to 1476. Struck in Silver (.798). Measures 27 mm and weighs 3.06 g.

Obverse
Two seated lions facing each other. Above and between them, firesteel (briquet), flint and sparks. Mintmark (hand = Antwerp) at end of legend (Charles, by God's grace Duke of Burgundy, Brabant and Limburg)
Reverse
Arms of Burgundy over a floriate cross. (Salvum fac populum tuum Domine. Anno
O Lord, save thy people)

Mintage & Variants

Date Mintage Comment Frequency
1476  — Levinson II-22 29%
1475  — Levinson II-17 71%
1474  — Levinson II-11 14%

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